the future of libraries and wikipedia
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1 mission, 5 goals, and 11 ideas to connect Libraries and Wikipedia.TRANSCRIPT
LibrarypediaThe Future of Libraries and Wikipedia
Wikipedia’s missionImagine a world in which every person on the planet shares in the sum of all human knowledge.
(for free, in the language of their choice)
Wikipedia is huge30m articles, 4m English
16 million images
8000 views per second
500 million unique visitors per month
2.1 billion edits, 700 million English edits
Wikipedia is voluntary20 million registered users
130,000 active users
1,400 administrators
… working for free, with no central control
Wikimedia’s scope286 languages
15 projects
...images, data, dictionary, travel guide, species, quotes, books, source material, wiki software
Wikipedia’s FoundationWikimedia Foundation in San Francisco
150 employees
Donor funded
Non-profit
No-ads!
Wikipedia’s foundationNeutral point of view
Verifiability
Consensus
Civility
Open copyright
Wikipedia’s reliabilityLike Britannica
Errors fixed quickly over time
Virtual filter
“Many eyeballs make all bugs shallow”
Belongs in the classroom: ow.ly/q04he
The Library connectionOnly as good as our sources
Libraries have the best sources
Wikipedia has the most eyeballs
Connect a circle of research and dissemination
The Wikipedia LibraryLead to libraries and free sources
Gain access to paywalled sources
Ally with the library community
Facilitate research
Promote open access
How to do itDonationsVisiting ScholarsUniversity partnershipsCatalogue integrationReference deskEnquiry serviceFulfillment toolsOA signallingLibrary outreachSubject guidesRemixing metadata
Donations*Credo Reference*HighBeam Research*Questia Online Library*JSTOR*The Cochrane Library*NYT, Lexis-Nexis, Wiley?
Active, experienced editorsMutually beneficial partnerships
Donations
What if every publisher donated free access to the 1000 most active
Wikipedians in that subject area?
Wikipedia Visiting ScholarsAcademic tradition
Research affiliates
Unpaid, remote positions
Full access to collections
Liason to Wikipedia’s community
Wikipedia Visiting Scholars
What if every library or research institution had one Wikipedia on staff to access their
collections and add to the encyclopedia?
University partnershipInstitutional donation
5 -10 thousand editors
Subscription license
High cost
Technical implementation
University partnership
The Wikipedia LibraryPowered by George Mason University
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Catalogue integrationOCLC/WorldCat
Library of Congress
EBSCO
ProQuest
Identifiers
Catalogue integration
What if a Wikipedia reader could easily search every major book, journal, archive, and
e-collection from Wikipedia?
Fulfillment toolOCLC Pilot
IP affiliation
Open URL
Proxy Resolver
University initiative
Fulfillment tool
What if every reference in a Wikipedia article had the link to the full text source next to it?
Reference deskOn Wikipedia
Tens of thousands of questions per year
About Wikipedia’s content
Towards improving Wikipedia
Reference desk
What if every library professional or research expert spent one hour a week answering reference queries from Wikipedia editors?
Enquiry serviceFrom Wikipedia
Integrated withonline reference queue
About their collections
To improve Wikipedia
Enquiry service
What if a Wikipedian could send a research enquiry to any reference librarian in the world,
from Wikipedia?
Library outreachWikipedia Loves Libraries
Editathons
Backstage passes
Research literacy sessions
Wikipedian in Residence / Visiting Scholar
Library outreach
What if every library hosted a quarterly editathon or teaching session about
Wikipedia literacy?
OA signalling
OA signalling
What if every reference in a Wikipedia article tagged whether it was free to read or reuse?
Subject guidesSubject guides
Finding aids
Open source
Collaboratively created
Subject guides
What if every subject guide was freely licensed and/or collaboratively curated on
Wikipedia?
Metadata remixingRAMP editor
structured data
wiki markup
authority control
consistent copyright
Metadata remixing
What if every piece of archival metadata could be intelligently crafted into an article
framework on that topic?
If you remember one thingWikipedia and Libraries are natural alliesWikipedia is the starting point for research
We lead readers back to sources at librariesSo they can think critically about subjects
How to get involvedhttp://enwp.org/WP:TWL
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